Up until this past weekend, Stephen Chidwick had a quiet 2025 World Series of Poker campaign, posting only a $53,371 cash for a 21st-place finish in the $25,000 no-limit hold’em/pot-limit Omaha mixed event this summer.
However, the number two player on poker’s all-time money list put his talents on full display in the $50,000 pot-Limit Omaha high roller, earning a staggering $1.43 million for a runner-up finish in the 194-entry field.
Chidwick couldn’t top online poker legend Dylan Linde in heads-up play and fell just short of his third bracelet and $2.15 million.
The Deal, England, native found himself chip-leading for long stretches at the final table. With five players remaining, however, he was the beneficiary of a brutal cooler that sent Manuel Stojanovic home packing in disbelief.
Stojanovic Flops The Nuts, Busts Anyway
With five players remaining in the tournament, the blinds were 200,000-400,000 with a 400,000 big blind ante.
Stojanovic limped in from the cutoff with Q
Q
T9. Chidwick potted to 1,600,000 from the small blind with AA55 and Stojanovic called.
The flop was 3
2
Q and Chidwick potted to 4,000,000. Stojanovic went all in for 4,225,000 and Chidwick called.
The turn was an inconsequential 6, but the river was the 4. Stephen Chidwick won 12,450,000 with a five-high straight.
Stephen Chidwick gets there on the river to bust Manuel Stojanovic.
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